Manchester City and Sporting CP are set to hit at each other once again in the second leg of the Champions League round of 16, after the incredible 5-0 rout last month in Libson.
After a great performance in the Manchester Derby via a 4-1 drubbing on Sunday afternoon, Pep Guardiola’s side enters the midweek fixture against the Portuguese side feeling on top of the world.
Maintaining their stranglehold at the summit of the Premier League table with a six-point lead, the Manchester City camp must be in high spirits after reminding the world why they are one of the most devastating sides in Europe against Ralf Rangnick’s men.
With a 5-0 lead in the first leg of the last-16 tie in the Champions League against Sporting CP, it is not wrong if said that Manchester City already has one foot in the quarter-finals.
At another end, Ruben Amorim’s side has been an unpredictable bunch lately – winning and losing two apiece, and drawing one of their last five games in all competitions.
While Europe’s competition is the perfect stage for miracles to become reality, as they say, a comeback win for the Portuguese giants may as well be a step too far in this case. As the two sides work towards delivering back-to-back once again on Wednesday evening.